It was a circus
@GardenGerty (169479)
United States
August 2, 2020 10:01am CST
My dad often acquired unusual things. I never knew for sure where. Especially in this instance, I had no idea where he got the parachute.
I was somewhere between five and eight years old. My dad set up a tent for us in our back yard. It was made from a huge white parachute.
I played all summer, pretending to have a circus. I am not sure what the acts were exactly, but I know I had some gaudy rhinestone costume jewelry.
I am sure it was suitable for the beautiful young acrobatic horseback performer, me.
Life is often a circus, I think.
And did I ever tell you, my father gave me the moon?
He did. And that is another story.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
2 Aug 20
My father procured an army tent that slept at least 10 or 12 people and we had that for a summer of play and sleepovers, it was amazing and I have no idea either where he got it. Summers were magical when we were children weren't they?
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
3 Aug 20
Oh, we occasionally had one up in our yard, especially when cousins would visit, but just the boys would sleep in it. Dad was a scoutmaster for a lot of years and we had the tents and stuff at our house.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
3 Aug 20
@BelleStarr There were a lot of things I did not get to do as a girl. Now at my mom's mom, they moved all the beds outdoors in the summer and we slept outside. No a/c.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
3 Aug 20
@GardenGerty ah yes that makes sense. For us it was just one summer
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
2 Aug 20
That is definitely some of your good childhood Memory
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
3 Aug 20
Yes. We played outside a lot. It was good for us to do.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
4 Aug 20
@GardenGerty yes ..and I wish I'm able to get back those days for atleast once in my life
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
4 Aug 20
@amitkokiladitya Some of my grandkids do that a lot.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
2 Aug 20
I can remember playing in a parachute. It was like a maze.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
3 Aug 20
It just seemed so huge at the time.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
2 Aug 20
Aww, all the awesome memories.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
3 Aug 20
My family was, to put it nicely, unique. Makes for interesting memories. We had no money, but we had experiences.
@Lavanya15 (12888)
• Chennai, India
2 Aug 20
You having good memories my friend..
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
3 Aug 20
I will be posting various memories of my dad as we go along.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
7 Aug 20
It was. I forgot I was going to ask my brother if he remembered it.
@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
3 Aug 20
I have some "strange" ones. Really only strange because they come from a little kid perspective.
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@rebelann (117244)
• El Paso, Texas
3 Aug 20
Yeah, those do tend to be strange @GardenGerty
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@FourWalls (86757)
• United States
2 Aug 20
I’m sure he captured a horse who’d parachuted into the neighborhood, looking for you!
Those memories. I pray they bring you peace and comfort. 
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
3 Aug 20
Actually we did have a registered Shetland pony that was too young to ride and not broke. Mom won him in a sales competition.
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@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
9 Aug 20
It was in part of this discussion.
The birds were pleased I got started on my mowing. It stirs up bugs for them to eat. The shorter grass means they are hid less well. Butterflies were kind of...
@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
3 Aug 20
It sometimes takes a while to trigger them.
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
6 Aug 20
@GardenGerty Yes, sometimes it does. There are times when my brother and I will talk about our childhood and laugh and sometimes cry.
@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
3 Aug 20
I would have loved a pet lamb. We knew someone who raised sheep, and also cattle.
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@nela13 (59365)
• Portugal
4 Aug 20
@GardenGerty It is our memories, the memories of our life that make us what we are.
@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
3 Aug 20
Well, this was just us pretending. I have been to a couple in my life, though.
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